Telephone attachment.



No. 761,150. PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.-

G. GOWGILL. TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1903.

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TELEPHONE ATTAGHMENT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 16. 1903.

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Patented May 31, 1904.

PATENT, OFFICE.

OF EUPHEMIA, OHIO.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

sin:cfFIoATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,150, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed July 16, 1903.

citizen of the United States, residing at Eu' phemia, in the county of Preble and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Telephone Attachment, of which the following is aspecification. r My lnvention is an 1mprovement 1n telephone attachments; and the object of my invention is to provide means whereby a person receiving telephonic'messages is relieved of the inconvenience of taking'the receiver down from a hook and holding same to his car while waiting for and receiving a message.

My invention consists of an adjustable holder for the receiver, the holder being in sections and pivoted together, the section holding the receiver in alinement with the ear when'in use being adapted to be swung rearwardly out of the way when not in use, such rearward movement actuating the cutoff lever.

My invention also consists of the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and shown in the'accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my device in use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my device detached from a phone, the closed position being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view of my attachment in position for use. Fig. 4: is a perspective view showing the attachment used with a desk-phone. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the modified form of the attachment used with a deskphone. Fig. 6 isan enlarged sectional View showing the manner of pivoting the parts of the attachment together. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the manner in which the receiver-holding attachment is pivoted to its supporting-bracket. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the curved springarms holding the receiver.

In the drawings, A represents a telephone of ordinary construction having the backboard A, cut-off lever A and transmitter A Secured to the back-board to one side of the transmitter and on the same side as the cut- Serial No. 165,831. (No'modeh) oif lever is a bracket B, extending outwardly 5 to a point below and in advance of the cut-off lever. This bracket is curved upwardly, and

its outer end is bifurcated, as at B. The rear arm 0 of the receiver-holder rests in this" bifurcated portion and is pivoted thereto.

' To the rear end of the arm C is pivoted a hook member C, which engages the cut-off lever A and limits downward movement of the rear end of the arm G. In advance of the bracket B the arm C is curved laterally with reference to the transmitter and forwardly and its forward end bifurcated, as at C In this bifurcated portion is pivoted the rear end of the forward arm C The details of construction of this pivotal point are shown in the sectional 6 5 view in Fig. 6, to which reference is now had. The bifurcated ends are transversely perforated and threaded. Adjacent its ends sockets are formed on each side of the arm C these sockets alining with the perforations. 7o Pointed screws work through the perforations, their points engaging the sockets and bearing on the arm C One of these'screws,

C, has formed. integral with its head a locking-lever G which can be readily grasped by 7 5 the fingers and turned, thus tightening or loosening the grip of the bifurcated portion C on the arm C A somewhat similar construction is used at the bifurcated portion B of the bracket B, the locking lever being shown at B At its outer end the arm C supports a tubular bow-shaped member C. Forwardly extending spring-hooksC have their rear portions extending into and sliding within the ends of the tubular member C, 8 5 suitable screws U passing through the tubular member, bearing on the rear portions of the hook members and binding them in position. The hook members 0 are preferably made of steel wire and covered with rubber, as shown at C, to prevent slipping, and the receiver is held by these hook members at substantially a right angle to the transmitter,

as is clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

When the receiver is in use, the arms C and C lie in the same horizontal plane, slightly raising the rear end of arm C, permitting the cut-off lever to rise. When arm 0*, carrying the hook members and receiver, is thrown upward and backward into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the shifting of the center of gravity will tilt arm C back to its normal position, and the hook C will engage the cut-off lever A and the instrument be cut out in the usual manner.

' In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown the manner of attaching my device to what are termed desk phones. In this construction the bracket B is replaced by a bracket D, the base of which is secured to the desk and the up er end bifurcated, as at D, Fig. 7. The arm D of the receiver-holder corresponds to the arm G and has a hook member D similar to the hook. C and, like it, engaging a cut-off lever.

The arm D is pivoted in the bifurcated por' tion D of the bracket, held by the screws D and locking-lever D, the construction being similar to that at B in Figs. 2 and 3 and already described. The arm D is the same as the arm C with the exception thatit is longer and is held at an angle to arm D- when in use. a

front arm will be limited by reason of the shank coming into contact with the non-bifurcated portion of the rear arm.

Having thus fully described my invention, what .1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a telephone, of a bracket secured adjacent the telephone on the sideof the cut-off lever, an arm pivoted intermediate its ends to the bracket, a short arm .having a hook member pivoted to the rear end of this arm and adapted to. engage the cut-off lever, and a longer arm pivoted to the forward end of the first-mentioned arm and adapted to carry a receiver, the last-mentioned arm being adapted to swing into the vertical plane of the cut-off lever, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with the transmitter, receiver and cut-off lever of a telephone, of a bracket secured adjacent the cut-ofi' lever, an arm pivoted intermediate its ends to said bracket, a hook member pivoted to said arm and adapted to engage the cut-off lever, an arm pivoted to the first-mentioned arm in advance of the bracket and adapted to swing rearward and above the first-mentioned arm, a bow-shaped member carried by the rearwardly-swinging arm and spring-wire hook members carried by the bow-shaped member and adapted to hold the receiver at an angle to the transmitter.

3. The combination with the transmitter, receiver and cut-0E lever of a telephone, of a bracket arranged adjacent the telephone on the same side as the cut-off lever, an arm pivoted intermediate its ends to said bracket, a hook member pivoted to the rear of said arm and adapted to normally hold the cut-off lever in a downward position, a second arm adjustably connected to the first-mentioned arm and to swing rearwardly and forwardly, a bowshaped tubular member carried by said swinging arm, and adjustable rubber-coated hook members carried by said bow-shaped member and ada .ed to hold the receiver.

4. T? combination with a telephone apparatus, of a bracket arranged adjacent same, an arm pivotally secured intermediate its ends to said bracket, a second arm adjustably secured to the forward end of the first-mentioned arm and to swing through a limited arc above said first-mentioned arm, means carried by the second arm for holding the receiver of the telephone at an angle to the transmitter, and means carried by the first-mentioned arm whereby rearward movement of the second arm will depress the cut-off lever, and forward movement of the second arm will release said lever.

GEORGE A. GOWGILL. 

